BSP suffers setback in Chhattisgarh

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Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator Saurabh Singh resigned from the party on Thursday in a bid to join Congress as the State goes for Assembly polls by November.

Saurabh, a key face of the BSP in Chhattisgarh was one of the two MlAs of the party in a 90-member State legislative assembly. Saurabh who represents Akaltara assembly seat from Bilaspur district has resigned after Congress in the State assured him to bring into party fold.

Congress sources said that Saurabh was lobbying for months with State Congress leaders to induct him into the Congress.

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